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Patent GB-191315069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Supply of Water to Motive Fluid Heaters or Generators for Torpedoes.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER EUGENE
IPC: F42B19/20
Filed: 1913-06-30
Granted: 1914-06-30
Abstract: 15,069. Schneider, E. June 30. Oscillating-cylinder pumps; priming.-Relates to the supply of water to the motive fluid heater or generator of a torpedo, and consists in a special arrangement of priming and suction pipes for the feed-pump, and in an improved form of valve for controlling the supply of the water. As shown in Fig. 1, the upper part of the suction chamber of the pump his connected by a priming pipe o to the upper outside of the torpedo, the upper part of the pipe being directed rearwards ; and the lower part of the suction chamber is connected by a suction pipe j to the lower outside of the torpedo, the lower end of the pipe being directed forwards, and a non-return valve m and a sieve n being placed at its mouth. In a modification, the pipe j is connected to the upper part of the suction chamber, and the non-return valve is dispensed with. The pump h constitutes the front end of a Brotherhood engine g and comprises a suction chamber 1, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, a delivery chamber 2, and a number of pistons a worked by a common pair of cranks e, e' in rocking cylinders b which are secured to or formed in one with valve plugs i coacting with valve seats d. The delivery pipe k, Fig. 1, leads to the heater or generator r through a valve p, Fig. 5, which comprises a piston s pressed down by a spring t and by the pressure in the generator r to which the valve is connected by a pipe x ; a plug v is also provided to determine the amount of water to be fei to the generator r. Thus the water can only be fed to the generator when its pressure exceeds that in the generator by an amount determined by the spring t and, if the water pressure is excessive, overflow ports u are opened.
Patent GB-191316059-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Sorting Documents and the like.
Inventor: FROST FRANK READING
Filed: 1913-07-11
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 16,059. Frost, F. R., and Rubardt, J. L. C. July 11. [Addition to 24,907/10.] Compiling and tabulating statistics mechanically.-Relates to improvements in the apparatus for sorting perforated documents &c., described in the parent Specification, in which staggered pins C<2> on a rotary feeding- drum C, Figs. 1 and 4, engage holes in the documents and feed them to corresponding receptacles. According to the present invention, the collecting- trays D are pivotally supported between chains D<1> which are constantly rotated from the feed - drum shaft through the gearing shown. Conveyer bands E are used to detach the documents from the drum and feed them to the trays D, the bands being preferably fitted in grooves in the surface of the drum, by means of which they are driven, and arranged to pass over two sets of adjustable pulleys F, F<1>, as shown. The receiving-box B for the unsorted documents is held by arms H<1> of a bracket H<2> against the drum, and is provided with double ends J, J<1>, the end J<1> being adjustable to suit the size of the documents, which are themselves correctly positioned in the box by a roller K projecting through against the underside of the documents and being rotated by gearing, as shown, to feed them against one end of the box. Rubber star-wheels L on either side of the roller K contact with the feed-drum and by their rotation force the documents on to the bottom of the box. Rubber rollers M arranged above the box are rotated by driving- belts so that the adjacent faces of the rollers M and drum C move in opposite directions, thereby preventing any papers from being carried up by frictional contact with documents that are being carried forward by the picker pins. The cradle P carrying the rollers M also carries wires N which press lightly on the surface of the drum C and retain the documents in position previous to being detached by the conveyer bands.
Patent GB-191323947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling Devices for Fluid Pumps in Explosion or Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: RUNDLOEF ERIK ANTON
IPC: F02M59/30
Filed: 1913-10-22
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 23,947. Rundlof, E. A. Oct. 24, 1912, [Convention date]. Tappet-actuated pumps; stroke, varying.-In fuelpumps of the kind in which a spring pressed plunger such as 4 is actuated by a tappet 7 operated by the engine and the stroke is varied by an arm 6 interposed between them, the eccentric or cam 11 controlling the position of the arm is connected to the engine governor in such a manner that the position of the cam varies with the speed of the engine. Additional control may be effected by means of an opening 15 in the arm 6 arranged so that the tappet 7 enters the opening without operating the arm at high speeds. When a number of pump pistons have to be operated, a single arm 6 extending across all the pistons may be used, or separate arms for. each piston controlled by a single cam 11 may be employed.
Patent GB-191324170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Motor Tractors.
Inventor: WEBSTER NORMAN
IPC: B62D49/00
Filed: 1913-10-25
Granted: 1914-10-26
Abstract: 24,170. Webster, N., and Birrell, E. Oct. 25. [Cognate Applications, 24,645/13 and 10,081/14.] Traction engines, internal-combustion engine.- A two-wheeled self-contained motor fore-carriage B is provided with vertical pins E on which any one of a number of rear frames D may be pivoted. The frame D is supported at the rear on wheels r<2> and may carry a body portion as outlined in Fig. 1, or the vehicle may be used simply to haul other vehicles. The fore-carriage is rotated for steering by a hand-wheel g and gearing G. The vertical pivot E preferably intersects the axes of the road-wheels A, and the motor frame B is preferably balanced about the transverse vertical plane passing through the pivot E but may be movable longitudinally to adjust the distribution of weight. Fig. 3 shows a modification applied to a cultivator, and, in this case, either the adjacent faces d<1> of the motor frame B and the forked part of the frame D are shaped to bear against each other, or friction rollers are interposed to relieve the strain on the pins E.
Patent GB-191325029-A (GB)
Title: Process for Producing Yellow Azodyes.
Filed: 1913-11-03
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 25,029. Withycombe, R. M. July 4, [Convention date]. Teeth, artificial.-In artificial teeth, a layer of resilient rubber 16 is placed between the tooth 14 and.a plate 17 or dental plate 13 or the root of the natural tooth. The rubber may be introduced through a hole in the tooth, and the parts may be secured together by a screw - threaded pin 18. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the tooth is movably mounted in a collar 20, which may be fixed to the root of the natural tooth, and the rubber is inserted through the aperture 24.
Patent GB-191327243-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Manufacture of Yarn.
Inventor: ROTTER GUIDO
IPC: D02G3/04
Filed: 1913-11-26
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 27,243. Rotter, G. Jan. 27, [Convention date]. Yarns.-Crude wood wool is subjected to preliminary treatment with softening-agents, such as water, oils, and fats, and is then spun together with textile fibres, such as jute fibres, which have been subjected to a similar preliminary treatment. In a process described by way of example, wood wool and jute are combined on a breaker card and afterwards worked on a finisher card, and the material is passed to two drawing or doubling frames, in the second of which it is reinforced with one or two suitable jute slivers.
Patent GB-191328367-A (GB)
Title: Hair Comb for Toilet Use with Contrivance for Easy Cleaning, and the Replacing of Broken Teeth.
Inventor: SPIERS WILLIAM WALLACE
IPC: A45D24/04
Filed: 1913-12-09
Granted: 1914-09-03
Abstract: 28,367. Spiers, W. W. Dec. 9. Combs, hair.-Relates to combs having a frame provided with holes through which the teeth are separately passed and a locking-member adapted to keep the teeth in position against removal rearwardly, and consists in making the holes in the frame of sufficient length to retain the teeth parallel and to prevent the teeth from falling out when the locking-member is removed and the teeth are moved back. As shown in Fig. 1, the locking-member B slides over the frame A in which the holes are formed, and. as shown in Fig. 2, a dovetailed locking- member D enters a recess in the frame C.
Patent GB-191404931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Protective Devices for Electric Distribution Systems.
IPC: H02H9/00
Filed: 1914-02-25
Granted: 1915-02-04
Abstract: 4931. British Thomson-Houston Go., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 25. Inductances; resistances.-An inductance coil and a liquid resistance are mounted in one structure and are connected in parallel for use as a protective device in the manner described in Specification 4133/14, [Class 38 (iv), Electric supply and transmission systems &c.]. In the arrangement shown, the bare copper wire 12 is wound on concentric concrete or other stoneware cylinders 11, the turns being spaced by porcelain sleeves 15. A mixture of water, salt, and glycerine is contained in a cylinder 16 coilcentric with the cylinders 11, and provided with shoulders 25 upon which a fixed electrode 20 rests. A movable electrode 22 extends into a double-walled tubular member 18, the space between the walls containing oil, while the top of the vessel 16 is closed by a cap 23 having a depending baffle 26.
Patent GB-191407588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Safety Doors for Ships' Bulkheads, Submarine Vessels, Buildings, Mines and Other purposes.
IPC: B63B19/00
Filed: 1914-03-25
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 7588. Alfaro, J. E., and Stone & Co., J. March 25. Dams and stoppings.-A safety door for mines &c. comprises a cylindrical cell e fitting against a seating secured around an opening in the bulkhead &c. b, such cell being fitted with a door or cover 1 and being rotatable only in the direction in which the hinge of the door is in advance. The seating comprises vertical side bars and segmental top and bottom bars q, q<1>, mounted upon a supporting- frame and pressed forward by adjustable springs ; the seating-bars comprise strips of vulcanized fibre, copper, or soft metal s bent around stiffening-bars t of gun-metal or brass. The cell is rotated by worm gearing 11, 8 operable from the exterior of the cell by a shaft 12 furnished with handles 14, and from the interior by a handle 18 on a shaft 16 connected to the shaft 12 through gearing 21, 22, 20, 24, 23. A pawl 27 engaging a ratchet-wheel 26 on the shaft 12 ensures rotation of cell in the one direction only. The cell is arrested when the door 1 registers with the bulkhead &c. opening by a spring bolt 30 carried by the cell engaging with a pivoted catch 29. The bolt 30 is releasable from within the cell and the catch 29 from without. The cell is adjustably mounted in bearings k, d, and is forced against the seating by screws. The boss h on the upper end of the cell may be fitted with an air-tube 28 through which electric lighting telephone, or signal wires can be passed.
Patent GB-191408682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Manually Operated Diaphragm Horns.
Inventor: KIND MORRIS
IPC: G10K9/10
Filed: 1914-04-06
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 8682. Kind, M. Oct. 17, 1913, [Convention date]. Diaphragm horns.-In a mechanically-operated diaphragm horn, the striker member is manually actuated through a flexible shaft, whereby the horn may be positioned as desired. In the construction shown, the diaphragm e is actuated by hand from the wheel m connected by flexible shaft n to the gears i, j. The 'shaft n is protected by the casings q, s, rand detachably connected to the spindle of the gearwheel j by a forked member p, Figs. 2 and 4, engaging projections j<3> thereon. When the casing is detached, the shaft is disconnected from the spindle by turning the member p through 90 degrees, as shown in Fig. 4. The hemispherical stud or anvil f, Fig. 3, on the diaphragm is formed with a base-plate j<1> whereby the anvil is secured to the diaphragm at points outside the centre thereof.
Patent GB-191411231-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Screw Presses.
Inventor: DEININGER JOHN
IPC: B30B9/06
Filed: 1914-05-06
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 11,231. Deininger, J. June 18, 1913, [Convention date]. Mangles and wringers of press type. In a screw press for expressing water from wet linen &c., the fixed press-plate b carries a tubular casing a within which is a nut f receiving a screwed spindle g which operates the movable press-plate o. The fixed plate b carries a grid h and basket i. The plate o is carried by a cone p resting on nuts r on the spindle. The upper part of the cone supports ball bearings for the rotation of the spindle.
Patent GB-191412014-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoke Consuming Furnaces.
Inventor: ORVIS ORLAND DORE
IPC: F23L7/00
Filed: 1914-05-15
Granted: 1915-01-28
Abstract: 12,014. Orvis, O. D. May 15. Fire-bridges; baffles; air, supplying; blast apparatus.-Above the curved or inclined front portion of the firebridge B is a water-circulation tube E supporting an inverted baffle by means of saddlepieces F, which may be formed hollow, as shown in Fig. 4, to discharge a blast of steam and air over the bridge; or the blast may be delivered from a pipe L enclosed bv fire-bricks resting on the saddles, as shown in Fig. 5. Or a diverging blast may be delivered from the front of the furnace, as shown in Fig. 6, from a nozzle M of special form, shown separately in Figs. 8 and 9.
Patent GB-191412140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mop Heads.
Inventor: CHANNELL CHARLES ARTHUR
IPC: A47L13/255
Filed: 1914-05-16
Granted: 1915-03-04
Abstract: 12,140. Channell, C. A. May 16. Mops.-The mop-head consists of a plate formed in two sections hinged together at 7, and having an upstanding channelled flange 6. The mop 12 is provided with a wire 13, which can be inserted in the groove after swinging down the section 5, and then restoring it, thus holding the parts in position for the insertion of a handle in the socket 8, 9 so as to lock the whole. The parts 8, 9 of the socket are mounted one on each of the sections of the head, and may be secured by a latch or bail 10.
Patent GB-191417736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Transporting and Measuring Liquids.
IPC: B62B3/00
Filed: 1914-07-27
Granted: 1915-01-21
Abstract: 17,736. Heaton, T. T., and Steel Barrel Co. July 27. Vehicle fittings and attachments.-A truck for transporting and delivering measured quantities of petrol or other liquid is provided with end ramps e for loading and securing one or more barrels f thereon. The ramps, when not in use for loading, are secured on the end framing to hold the barrels in position. Each ramp consists of two angle-irons e' with distance-bars e'; it is secured on the framing by a pin e<2>.
Patent GB-191418300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spindles for Spinning or Twisting Yarn.
Inventor: BELANGER VICTOR
IPC: D01H7/16
Filed: 1914-08-07
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 18,300. BÚlanger, V. Aug. 7. Spindle apparatus.- Self-contained spindles for spinning - machines are made in two parts a, b, of which the upper part b fits in a sleeve c integral with the wharl and is secured to it by means of a centrifugal clutch. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the lower end of the part b is split longitudinally and provided with a rib which engages with an internal groove in the sleeve c; or spring tongues mounted on the wharl may engage a flange )n a conical shell secured to the part b ; or a split hollow shell mounted on the part b may engage a sleeve mounted on the wharl. The upper part of the spindle is readily removable, and may be used in a loom shuttle.
Patent GB-191418650-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Winches, Hoists and the like.
Inventor: QUICK ALFRED ARTHUR
IPC: B63B21/16
Filed: 1914-08-13
Granted: 1915-08-12
Abstract: 18,650. Quick, A. A. Aug. 13. [Cognate Application, 18,975/14.] Epicyclic gearing.-In a winch, hoist, or the like having a gearing embodying a nutating toothed wheel, means are provided to enable two winding- drums to be operated independently or in unison, a separate gear is provided to allow rapid lifting, as when recovering the tackle or raising an empty boat, and hydraulic means are provided for controlling the speed of the drums. The nutating wheel 1, Fig. 1, is actuated by a cam 16 on the main driving-shaft 15, and has teeth 2, 3 engaging teeth on members 6, 7 attached to the oppositelyrotating drums 8, 9 which are seated on sleeves 11 surrounding the shaft 15. The members 6, 7 have also outer teeth 18, 19 engaging with gearing, shown in Fig. 3, which allows the drums to be operated together or independently. This gearing comprises pinions 20, 21 engaging with the drum teeth 18, 19 and carried respectively by a shaft 22 and a concentric sleeve 24 upon which clutch teeth 29, 30 are formed. A double-ended clutch member 27, 28, controlled by a hand-lever 34, Fig. 2, slides on the shaft 22 and an extension 37 of the handlever controls a double pawl 33 adapted to enter either of two locking-wheels 31, 32 fixed respectively to the pinions 20 and 21. The lever 34 is normally held by springs 35 in the position shown in Fig. 2, so that the pawl is free and the clutch 27, 28 couples the pinions 20, 21 together. The toothed wheels are so proportioned that the drums 8. 9 rotate with equal speeds in opposite directions. When the lever 34 is moved towards the right-hand side in Fig. 2, the clutch 28 is removed from the pinion 21 and this pinion is locked by the entry of the pawl 33 in the wheel 32. The drum 9 is thereby locked and an increased speed is given to the drum 8. By moving the lever 34 in the opposite direction, the drum 9 may be locked and the drum 8 given increased speed. By means of a handwheel 23 on the shaft 22, the drums may be turned at the same time in opposite directions at a high speed without employing the main drive on the shaft 15. An adjustable band-brake may be provided to control the speed of lowering, or an hydraulic pump may be driven from the nutating wheel or any other moving part. In the form shown, the nutating wheel has a strap 38 with a projection 39 which reciprocates a double-ended piston in an oil-circulating system formed partly in the winch casing and having a valve 43 controlled by a hand-wheel 44.
Patent GB-191419160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Flat Bed Printing Machines.
Inventor: WHITEHEAD THOMAS LAING
IPC: B41F3/00
Filed: 1914-08-27
Granted: 1915-08-27
Abstract: 19,160. Whitehead, T. L., [Annand, R. C.]. Aug. 27. Gripper cylinder sheet feeds; sheet-registering devices; smoothers; delivery apparatus.-A cylinder perfecting-machine, in which a carriage carrying the two cylinders is reciprocated over a forme bed, is fed with sheets cut from a web as described in Specifications 23,859/12 and 26,911/13, [Class 100 (ii), Printing processes &c.], or with sheets fed by hand or automatically, and after perfecting are delivered by switches to a cylinder which may tuck it into a folding-cylinder or pass it to tapes leading to an open delivery. As shown. the formes 26, 27 are mounted on a bed provided with side racks, and the cylinders 14, 25 geared with the side racks are mounted in a carriage 30 which is reciprocated from a crank-disk 36. Sheets fed automatically or by hand down a feed-board 2 against stops 15 which are lowered at the required times by a spring-pressed arm 16 bearing on a cam 17, or sheets of any desired size cut from a web 3 by passing it between rollers 5 driven by chain-wheels 5<a>, perforating-rolls 6, 6<a>, and breaking-rolls 7, 7<a>, delivering to conveying- tapes 9, 9<a>, as described in the Specifications referred to above, are taken by cam-operated grippers 11 on a cylinder 10 and carried round to switches 18<a> which direct it to grippers 14<a> on the impression cylinder 14 when this is at one end of its travel. A roller 19 on a pivoted arm 19<a> carrying also a brush 20 coacts with the cylinder 10 to pass the sheet between the switches 18<a>, and when the grippers 14<a> take it, a cam rocks the arm 19<a> to displace the roller 19 and bring the brush against the sheet to smooth it. After the sheet has been printed against the forme 26 the grippers 14<a> are opened by a fixed cam 14b and the leading edge of the sheet passes between margin tapes 42, 43 which convey the sheet to grippers on the cylinder 25, these tapes being driven by geared rollers, one of which is driven in a constant direction. On the return stroke of the cylinder carriage the cylinder 25 perfects the sheet against the forme 27, the sheet at this time being held against the cylinder by margin tapes 78 passing round guide-rolls, one of which is carried by movable arms 81 whereby it is lifted by means of a rod 84<a> and a cam 86 to raise the tapes clear of the sheet as it passes from the cylinder. At the end of this return stroke, the leading edge of the sheet is released and directed by movable strippers 61, operated by a cam on the cylinder, and fixed strippers 65 to grippers 66 on a cylinder 67. This cylinder may be fitted with a tucking-blade 69 for folding the sheet into a cylinder 70 for direct delivery or folding into a further cylinder 71, or may pass the sheet to conveyer tapes 73, 73<a> for conveyance to gripper chains passing round rollers 74 and depositing the sheets in open receptacles 76 provided with the usual knocking-up mechanism, the tucking- blade 69 in the latter arrangement being turned down out of action.
Patent GB-191423446-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Brakes.
Inventor: CHENEY SAMUEL
IPC: B60T15/42
Filed: 1914-12-02
Granted: 1915-10-07
Abstract: 23,446. Cheney, S. Dec. 2. A c t u a t i n g . - An escape valve whereby pneumatic brakes that are applied by reduction of air pressure on one side of the brake piston can make a rapid discharge for emergency application comprises two pistons c, d of unequal area on a tubular stem a, working in cylinders e, f connecting with the trainpipe at k and the brake cylinder at m. The smaller cylinder f is penetrated by radial ports n. Passage of air for the release and for a gradual application of the brakes takes place through the stem a, but a rapid reduction of pressure in the train-pipe effects movement of the pistons to open the brake cylinder to the atmospheric ports n. If only a partial, but rapid reduction of pressure is permitted in the train-pipe, the pistons c, d will open the brake cylinder to the atmosphere through the ports n as before, but, when the pressures on them become equalized by leakage through the stem a, will move back to cut off the ports n from the brake cylinder.
Patent GB-191509558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Machines Employed in the Manufacture of Incandescent Mantles and analogous Tubular Articles.
Inventor: BARK BENJAMIN
IPC: F21H3/00
Filed: 1915-06-30
Abstract: 9558. Bark, B., and Purle, H. W. June 30. Pleating.-Incandescent-lamp mantles and other tubular fabrics are pleated by means of a pair of outer toothed jaws which close on to a central toothed anvil, the teeth of the anvil or the jaws being resilient or resiliently mounted and arranged so that some commence to form pleats before others. In one form, the anvil comprises a series of rigid pins i, Fig. 7, and the jaws are formed of rigid teeth h<2>Àmounted upon bowed springs h<1>. As the jaws move inwards, the central teeth form pleats first, and as the bowed springs straighten out, the outer teeth form their pleats. The lower portion of Fig. 7 shows the parts in a more advanced position than is shown in the upper portion. Fig. 11 shows a form in which the jaws h are wholly rigid and the anvil is formed of a series of separately and resiliently mounted pins i, which move in slots of such lengths that the central pins engage the fabric first. Fig. 15 shows a third form in which the anvil i is rigid and the jaws are formed of rigid teeth h<2> separately mounted on springs h<5>. The pleating -devices are shown in connexion with a machine for drawing shirring thread through the pleats.